Vehicle-lamp.



LEKUOa J. A..J ONOAS. VEHIGLE LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1910.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

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UNITED STATd T FIQQ JOSEPH .A. JONCAS, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

VEHICLE-LAMP.

LQjLKQQQ, Specifica.tion of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 13, 1912,

Application filed May 17, 1910. Serial No. 561,860.

The plates 17 have rearwardly extending arms 19 provided with longitudinal slots 20 in which bolts 21 are slidable to allow for To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnPH A. JoNoAs, of

inneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvernents in Vehicle-Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference particularly to the lamps or head-lights for motor vehicles, the primary object being to provide means whereby the light rays from the lamp will be projected in the direction of travel the lamps to obtain the desired range of 0scillation of the lamps and also to allow the for convenience of attachment thereto. Bolts 17 pass downwardly through the plates 17 and the brackets 14 and carry springs 22 and A'fiirther and particular object-is to simlify and improve the mechanism employed etween the lamps and the steering mecha-- nism, to the end that the rattling and shaking of the different parts will be eliminated.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

with one another. collar 26 is secured on the crank rod, forming a stop for a spring 27, and a yoke 28 is adapted to slide on said rod, moving in one direction against In the accompanying drawings forming the tension of said. spring. A rod 29 conpart of this specification, Figure 1 is a side neots the. yoke 28 through a ball and socket elevation of the forward portion of a motor joint 30 with the rod 9, so that when the vehicle, with my invention applied thereto, r0 9 is reciprocated across the machine Fig. .2 is a plan view of the lamp operating by t e movement of the steering post the mechanism of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a detail seclamps will be oscillated on their bearings simultaneously with the movement of the wheels, so that the rays of light will always e thrown in the direction the machine is moving, even though it may be rounding a curve or turning a sharp corner.

I am aware that devices of this .kind have heretofore been patented for the purpose of throwing the lamp rays in the direction of movement of the machine and I do not pivots 5 in the usual way and the stub axles claim this arrangement broadly herein, my 6 whereon the wheels are mounted are proinvention consisting in the improved mechavided with rearwardly extending arms 7 nism employed ,for accomplishing this purconnected with one another across the mapose. chine by a rod 8. A rod 9 is attached to In Fig. 6 I have illustrated one of the arms 7 and extends across the construction wherein an arm 31 is provided machine and has a loose connection with the lower end of a steering arm 10, the upper end ofwhich is geared at 11 to the rod 32 and a crank 33. rod 34 has a lower end of the steering post 12. The connection at 35 to the rod 32 and at its rocking of the arm 10 will reciprocate the forward end is attached to the slotted arm rod 9 and oscillate the arms 7 and the wheels of the lamp supporting plate. in the usual way. I claim as my invention The lamps 13 are arranged on the front 1. In a motor vehicle, the combination, of the machine as usual, with a frame, of brackets mounted thereon,

plates having ball bearings on said brackets, bolts passing through said plates and brackets, and having lock nuts and springs prothe steering post through a adjustment of the bolts 21 toward or from vided on said bolts between said nuts and said brackets, lamps carried by said plates, said plates having laterally extended slotted arms, a rod having its ends connected to said arms in said slots, a steering apparatus and means operatively connecting said rod with said steering apparatus.

2. The combination, with a frame, of lamps swiveled thereon, a rod connecting said lamps to operate them simultaneously, a yoke adapted to slide on said rod, a spring arranged on said rod and engaging said yoke and resisting its movement in one direction, a rod connected with said yoke, and

a steering apparatus operatively connected with said rod.

3. In a motor vehicle, the combination, with the upwardly and forwardly extending brackets having flattened upper surfaces, plates having flattened under surfaces provided with antifriction bearings on said brackets, bolts passing through said plates and brackets and having springs and lock nuts for yieldingly securing said plates and brackets together, lamp standards mounted on said plates, lamps carried by said standards, a crank rod extending transversely of the machine between said plates and attached at its ends to said plates, a steering apparatus, and means connecting said steering apparatus with said crank red.

at. The combination, with a motor vehicle frame, of lamps having rotating bearings on said frame, a transversely arranged crank rod having its ends connected to said lamps, a steering apparatus, means interposed between said steering apparatus and sai crank rod and having a pivotal connection with said steering apparatus at one nection between said crank rod crank rod at its other end.

5. The combination, with a motor vehicle frame, a forward axle and wheels therefor, of lamp brackets mounted on said frame, lamps carried by said brackets, springs interposed between said axle and frame, a crank rod extending transversely of said frame and having its ends connected with said lamps, the middle portion of said crank rod depending below said frame between said springs, a steering apparatus connected with said wheels in the rear of said axle, and a rod connected at its forward end to said crank rod, and extending backwardly above said axle and attached at its rear end to said steering apparatus.

6. The combination, with a motor vehicle frame, of lamp brackets mounted thereon, lamps having bearings on said brackets, a crank rod extending transversely of said frame between said lamp brackets, the middle portion of said rod depending below said brackets, a steering apparatus,a rod attached at its forward end to said crank rod and extending rearwardly therefrom and having a pivotal connection at its rear end with said steering apparatus, the ends of said crank rod being adjustable toward or from said'lamps to regulate their range of oscillation and for convenience of conand said steering apparatus.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of May,-1910.

JOSEPH A. JONGAS.

Witnesses:

GENEVIEVE E. SORENSEN, J. A. BYRNES. 

